Skylight-frame



(Nomoder.)

H. J. SULLIVAN.

, SKYLIGHT FRAME. No. 334,487. Patented Jan. 19, 1886..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH J. SULLIVAN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

sKYLle'HT-FRAME.

1J?ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,487, dated January 19, 1886. Application filed August 3, 1885. Serial No. 173,3 i0. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom, it may concer-71,:

Be it known that I, HUGH J. SULLIVAN, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sk ylight-Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention, to be hereinafter distinctly claimed, is illustrated in thedrawings, as follows: A

Figure 1 is a perspective of a section of a raised skylight in which my improved frame is shown. Fig. 2 is a detail.

A is theprineipal frame or curb on which the skylight is supported, the top of which is beveled off downwardly outwardly to correspond with the angle of the skylight. The outside and top of this curb A are partly or wholl y cov- Y ered with tin or sheet metal e.

Over this curb is placed a covering, B, formed out of a single piece. of sheet metal, and so constructed as to provide a glass-supporting shoulder upon and directly above the curb, and a gutter on the inside of the curb below the ends of the cenn tral parts of the frame, for conveying away the water of condensation from the under side of the glass. A sheet of metal is folded upon itself at f, forming twoleaves. Theseleaves are bent at an acute angle to form a gutter at g, and are again bent'reversely at h over the top of the curb, the curb being preferably beveled off downwardly outwardly on its top. A little way down from the angle h, on the top of the curb, the outer leaf of the covering B is bent out at right angles, forming a shoulder, i, for the support ofthe glass, and the leaf is then bent downwardly again at an angle to the other leaf, where this outer leaf terminates,and the edge is received into and held by a fold, j, made in the inner leaf for that purpose, and the inner leaf is continued down over the outside of the curb, forming an outer covering, k, terminating in an outwardly-projecting lip for carrying the water fiowing over itvaway from the curb. The central supporting-bars, C, of the skylight-frame are each made from one piece of sheet metal, which is folded together at l, both leavesat a distance from the fold Z being bent outwardly at right angles, forming the shoulders m m, then converging inwardly downwardly therefrom to n, where theyare again both bent outwardly and Vback'wardly, forminggutters o o, and one of the leaves p is folded back upon itself and around over the edge of the other leaf at g, forming strong gutters, and holding the lowerpart of the two leaves firmly togetherv at n. The lower ends of the bars C are made rigid to the covering B, the glitters oV o are run into the gutter g, and the shoulders m m are continuous and on the same plane with the top of the curb A. The glass r of the skylight rests upon the shoulders m m and on the beveled top of the curb A, its lower edge resting against and being supported by the shoulder t'. The glass is bedded in putty s. That part of the bar C from which the shoulders m m project, and which extends between the panes of glass, projects outwardly beyond the glass, forming a wingstandard, t,which supports the cover D. The cover D is formed of a single piece of sheet metal bent downwardly, forming a ridge, u, then inwardly, forming the shoulders o o, and terminating in outwardly extending lips adapted to fit upon and press against the upper surface of theglass. rIhe standard t is provided with lugs 'w w, projecting at right angles therefrom, formed by cutting slits downwardly from the top into the standard and bending over alternately to right and left the tongues w w. These lugs w rw are located and adapted to permit theshouldersv o to pass just beneath them, when the cover D is slid on over the standard t, whereby the coveris held down iirmlyon the standard t, the lower edges of the cover being tight down on the glass. The ridge-bar of the frame is constructed similarly to the central bars, C.

To carry off the water from the gutters g g, a trough or pipe, x, is run from the gutter g outwardly through the curb A, terminating,

preferably, at the outside ofthe covering @,and

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

I. In skylighbfremes, the wingetandard t, extending above the glass of the skylight, and the lugsw w, rigid on the standard t, in combination with the cover D, provided with shoulders o o, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In skylight-frames, the sheebmetal curbcoveringr B, provided on its upper outer snrfnee, directly above and upon the top of the curb A, with a glusssnpporting shoulder, vl, substantially as described.

8. In skylightfrmnes, the sheet-martini` curbcovering` B, provided on its inner side with a, gutter, g, in combination with the pipe x, leading from the gutter gto the outside ofthe enrb A, substantially as described.

4. The sheet-metal curb-covering B, provided on its upper outside surface with :L glasssnpporting shoulder, il, in combination with one or more central bars, C, provided with standards t, havingT lugs w w, the glass fr, and the cover D, provided with shoulders 'u 0, all substantially as described.

5. In skylight-frames, u central supportingbar, C, constructed of a single piece of sheet metal folded together at l, provided With the shoulders m fm und the gutters o o, said gutters beine,- formed by the two leaves of the sheet merel being bent outwardly and book:n wurdly, and the leaf on one side being folded baokwnrdly upon itself on the outside and around over the edge of' the other leaf at (1, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HUGH J. SULLIVAN.

IVitneSses:

G. T. BENEDIo'r, G. M. GRIDLEY. 

